adventuring
like a girl

On my third day in Canmore, I was lucky enough to climb Eeyore’s Tail, a 10 pitch, 355 meter route up the face of East End of Rundle (EEOR). Aside from the occasional jaunt up Charlotte’s Web, a little 2-pitch […]

Two days ago, at a bookstore/cafe in Golden, I opened a book about “vital energy” to discover a quote by Proust: “The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Well, I’m doing […]

I got the idea, not surprisingly, during a mountain film fest climbing night that started out as a first date, and became (also not surprisingly) a reunion. One of those reunions where the friend I ended up sitting with (along with […]

This weekend, it was my birthday. At 32, I am now safely back in even-number territory, and everything feels better already. After the stress of worrying that everyone would make it to the right place for the hike and ensuing […]

1. You are mysteriously missing gaiters and a dry bag that you later realize you lent to your brother for a trip he took last summer. It has definitely rained since last summer. 2. Your tent is crinkly and slightly mildew-scented when […]

It didn’t snow much on the West Coast this year. The ski season started sometime in late December and ended about two weeks later. At least, that’s what most of us thought. A few die hards (read: season’s pass holders […]

Has this ever happened to you: you are hiking, or climbing, or kayaking. You are surrounded by natural beauty and the majesty of the mountains/ocean/vast landscape all around you. You breathe it in, ready for the sense of limitless possibilities, […]

The east coast may have seen blizzards in recent weeks, but out here in Vancouver, it’s still unseasonably warm. The other day, I wore a spring coat, and then had to take it off because I got too hot. A […]